Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-28


The Lewistown Sentinel says, the
colored camp meeting near Decatur
closed on Sunday evening. There
was large attendance on Sunday
There was good order until Sunday
evening a little before sun down,
when there was young riot that
caused considerable excitement. A
railroader struck Allen Meyer and a
general fight followed, joined in by
the friends of both parties, and fists,
loaded canes and clubs were used.
It seems when parties come from
other localities they must put them
selves under the influence of liquor
to show of, and have not common
sense to respect themselves, much
less others. Hog cholera ia
now epidemic at Atkinson's Mills
Almost every day we hear of animals
dying and others taking it. Every
care ought to be exercised to prevent
its further spreading. Persons know
ing the disease is amongst their ami
mails should be careful to keen them
of the public highway, so that they
do not carry the disease to their
neighbors-
From the Liverpool Sun.-Henry
Reichenbach, of Fremont met with
an accident last week, that might
have proved fatal He was rolling
a plowed field, when his horses fright
ened at something and backed Mr.
Reichenbach fell off the roller, and
accidently got under it. The ground
being fresh plowed and soft, saved
him, or he might have been jamed to
death. He was in an unconscious
condition when found, and remained
so for a few days. No one knew
what had happened, until he regain
ed consciousness, he related the
story. 4 young man of VIII
Transport, named Charles Fought,
aged 26 years, WAS visiting his cousin
Mr. Silks, at New Buffalo, and on
Tuesday morning of last week about
3 o'clock he called and got up and
went down stairs, where he died IN
about twenty minutes of hemorrhage
of the lungs He was apparently in
fair health.
Last week a stranger appeared in
the western part of this county and
announced the purpose of his visit to
be the purchase of cattle. He en-
ployed Mr.. Chambers Imler, of
Osterburg, to assist in the work On
Wednesday night of last week they
STAYED with George Colvin, Jr., in
Napier township. After taking break
fast in the morning they resumed
their journey. When they had travel
ed a short while the stranger noticed
some cattle grazing In a distant field.
He requested Imler to wait in the
road until he went over and examined
the animals. He thereupon started
of, and has not yet returned, He
has in his possession a gold watch
and a small sum of money which he
secured at Colvin's and five dollars
which he borrowed from Imler-Bed
ford Gazette.
A bull wading in the Fling river,
Georgia, the other day, was attacked
by huge alligator. A terrible fight
epsued, in which the latter snapped
furious with his huge Jaws, tearing
the skin and flesh in big strips from
the bull The bull got his horns in
the gators sides and, lifting his huge
carcass tossed him high and dry on
the ground, and foil owing upwith a
deep below rushed again upon his
foe.
The alligator met him with a ter
rible blow of the tail, knocking off
one horn and bringing the bull to his
knees. The other horn got in under
a foreleg of the gator, and the gator,
getting front leg of the bull in its
they became locked and rolled
and tumbled fearfully. They got
into the water again. where, after
brief struggle, both expired
"A terribly destructive cyclone visS
tied the vicinity of Brownsville, Texas.
on Wednesday. The damage in that
section is estimated at 100000
In Brownsville seventy small houses
were blown down and 800 others were
unroofed and rendered unfit for oc-
cupance. In Matamoras a dozen
houses of the better class and from
$50 to 200 small houses were pros
trated by the wind, while from 400
to 500 others were unroofed. In
the county on the American side of
the river incalculable damage was
done. Countless heads of cattle and
sheep were lost, and the crops of
cotton, corn and sugar cane were
completely prostrated and destroy
ed"
A Kansas City jury on Friday
brought in verdict of guilty and
a penalty of six months in Jail against
John Smith, for attempting to assault
little Ruth Hallard. The Judge in
dignantly set aside the verdict and
discharged tbs jury. If you had
found the defendant not guilty" said
he, Il should have nothing to say, but
when you find the defendant guilty
and assess his punishment at six
months you perpetrste an outrage
If you think men may commit such
an ofense and then escape upon an
Imprisonment of six months, you are
a disgrace to the civilization of the
day.
James A. Stewart, of Wichita.